Breaking the Intergenerational Cycle of Abuse: A Randomized Controlled Prevention Trial in Parents with Serious Mental Illness
Implementing a mentalization-based parenting program in routine psychiatric hospital care may represent an important step forward in reducing the risk of child maltreatment and neglect among offspring of parents affected by severe mental disorders.
Authors
- Michael Kaess (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0031-7764)
- Sabine C. Herpertz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9676-1928)
- Katja Boedeker
- Theresa Dankowski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1315-9454)
- Anna Georg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7079-418X)
- Marc Wenigmann
- Dorota Buczyłowska (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9061-9779)
- Judith von Schönfeld
- Tabea von der Lühe
- Nikola Schoofs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5470-3428)
- Felix Bermpohl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3260-6328)
- Astrid Dempfle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2618-3920)
- Catherine Hindi Attar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5497-5753)
- Steffen Luntz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4696-8792)
- Katharina Williams (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7314-3702)
- Jaqueline Scharf
- Svenja Taubner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8058-762X)
- Corinne Neukel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7613-342X)
- Michael Kalab (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1495-4524)
Institutions
- University of Bern (CH)
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- University Hospital Heidelberg (DE)
- Vivantes Klinikum (DE)
- University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein (DE)
- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
- Heidelberg University (US)
- University of Lübeck (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
- Published
- 2025-12-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000549647
- Primary Topic
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00